Anne's V i s u a l  A r t  S t u d i o 
208 West Broad Street in historic downtown Richmond, Virginia 23220
 
 
Anne's Visual Art Studio is an artist run Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery and Painting/Photography Studio representing Established and Emerging Local, Regional and National Artists. Rotating Exhibitions open with an Artist Talk followed by a showcase of Painting, Photography, Works on Paper, Sculpture, and Mixed Media. Museum Quality Pieces and Installations create something for everyone when combined with Exceptional Emerging Talent. The Gift Shop features a fun selection of Handmade Jewelry, Ceramics, Prints, Cards and Decorative Art. Consultations with Curatorial and Design Services, Drawing and Painting Classes, Portraits, Commissions, Scenic Art and Set Decorating can also be arranged with the gallery. Visual Art Studio, established in 1990, registered in 1996 and currently celebrating over eleven years on Broad Street, is located at 208 West Broad Street in Historic Downtown Richmond, VA proudly along the First Fridays Art Walk.
 
Gallery Hours: Tuesday thru Friday from Noon until 6:00 p.m. Saturday from Noon - 4:00 p.m.
First Friday of Every Month From 7:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m.                          
Appointments (804) 644-1368. Convenient Off-Street Parking
Click on EXHIBITION and ARTWORK PAGES at the BOTTOM
b/w photography by Anne Hart Chay
 
call: (804) 644-1368 e-mail: anne@visualartstudio.org
 
Anne's Visual Art Studio Portrait Special (headshots, senior portraits, bridals, families, babies) 
Sitting with two backdrops, one wardrobe change, 5 poses, proofs on disk, two 5 x 7s & two 8 x 10 is $199. 
Perfect for Families/Model Composites!
Sitting with one backdrop, 3 poses, proofs on disk, two 5 x 7s and one 8 x 10 is $95.  Great for Mom and Baby!
Headshots! Sitting with one backdrop, 1 pose, proofs on disk, two 5 x 7s is $50. Senior Portrait or Engagement Photo!
The Hart Review
This Art Commentary by Richard C. Burriesci 
I went into Anne's Visual Art Studio to see her on an associate matter. Whoa! a new piece entitled ORIGINAL SIN by Florida Artist Doug Sutherland struck my attention. I attended St. Sebastian's School in Woodside, Queens, L.I., New York so I immediately recognized the martyr on the right. I audibly affirmed "San Sebastian" even though Mr. Sutherland did not title his piece in honor of this pierced saint. The female counterpart would more than insinuate that it was not Sebastian. She too, was pierced with many arrows that protruded from the three-dimensional masterpiece duet. 
 
Doug says "I try to use subjects and images, sometimes from "Art History," that are archetypal and timeless and blend them with subjects and images that have personal meaning and personal value, with a little social satire thrown in sometimes.  In essence I try to marry the personal and the universal, in an attempt to create works that hopefully are as interesting and relevant at the time they are made as they will be several hundred years from now."
 
I was there again on FIRST FRIDAYS and overheard another gallery fan exclaim, "Oh look, honey, there's St. Sebastian!" Ergo, Mr. Sutherland, your art IS getting the attention it deserves and you so desire. Even though viewers may get the title of your work wrong they are none the less disappointed or less amazed. Richmonders can gather the family in their car or take the city bus to Anne's Visual Art Studio in historic downtown Richmond and see a gallery of delectable artworks by Doug Sutherland, Jack Reilly (who by the way, sold one of his artworks to the famous comedian Steve Martin) Dan Rhett and numerous outstanding artists.
 
PAINTING BY DAN BELANGER "GID BROWN HOLLOW"
"SWAROVSKY CRYSTAL JEWELRY" BY DENISE BELL
Pssst.... Folks, please don't steal the poster!  Visual Art Studio proudly presents Richmond PhotoImpression by Susan Lamson in a Limited Edition. Look for these beautiful posters around town reminding you to shop local for the Holidays! Thanks to our poster print sponsor Theatre IV. Archival Prints in a Limited Edition of 100 signed by the artist exclusively available for $50 at Visual Art Studio beginning First Friday December 5th.                    
                      
LET ANNE CAPTURE THOSE PRECIOUS MOMENTS YOU NEVER WANT TO FORGET
 
CALL: 804.644.1368 FOR A SITTING
 APPOINTMENT AND MORE INFORMATION
MS. ANNE HART CHAY AT WORK INTERVIEWING ARTISTS IN THE RICHMOND AREA @ artworks in 2007
CALL ANNE (804) 644-1368
Experience the Transformation
Visual Art Studio is an artist run Contemporary Fine Art Gallery and working Studio representing established and emerging local, regional and national artists. Rotating exhibitions usually open with an artist talk followed by a showcase of painting, photography, works on paper, sculpture and mixed media. An anchor of the First Fridays Art Walk, Visual Art Studio features Museum quality pieces and installations regularly with emerging talent, live music, and book signings.  The Gift Shop sells a fun and beautiful selection of handmade jewelry, ceramics, cards and decorative arts. Consultations with Curatorial and Design Services, Drawing and Painting Classes, Commissions, Scenic Art and Set Decorating can also be arranged with the gallery. 
GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday thru Friday from Noon until 6:00 pm and Saturday from Noon until 4:00
First Fridays 7:00 until 10:00 pm and After Hours by Appointment. 
"Let Visual Art Studio transform you with the sophistication of original art."
 
Visual Art Studio
208 West Broad Street • Richmond, VA 23220 • (804) 644-1368

www.visualartstudio.org               www.firstfridaysrichmond.com
from the desk of the curator:
see you at this first friday the fifth of february 2010!
"CAFE" BY LOIS SHIPLEY
"ABSTRACTIONS IN REALITY" BY PETER THAXTON
anne's visual art studio

Be My Valentine!

       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swarovsky Crystal & Silver, Necklace also w/ onyx & glass   Hematite & Silver Set $220  Swarovsky Crystal & Silver Earrings were $45 now $25  Necklace $160  Set $175  Swarovsky Red Crystal & Silver Bracelet $90 

Earrings $60
   
Open 5 days a week for your One Stop Shopping. Handmade Purses and Scarfs too! 

Gallery Hours: Tuesday thru Friday, Noon until 6:00 pm, Saturday, Noon until 4:00 pm or by appointment 

Exhibitions: D'Signs by Terrie Powers Dream in Black and White by Douglas Lawlor

New Work by Cris Pool! ...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bird earrings $18,                 Round Flowers Card $4        Cat earrings  $18                   Dog Pin $16   

Best Known for her dogs and cats, Cris Pool creates fun and whimsical pieces. Klezmer, Yiddish & Gypsy Music graciously provided by My Son the Doctor. Light Refreshments to benefit the Equine Rescue League.
Free and Open to the Public

Masterpiece of the Month celebrates 12 years on Broad Street at the Visual Art Studio. In honor of the gallery's tenure along historic Broad Street (established on Broad Street February 7, 1997) Visual Art Studio is featuring the Masterpiece of the Month series each month for 12 months in addition to its regular exhibition season. Premiering this First Fridays Art Walk, Asif Sikder, a top artist from the gallery's 12 years as one of Broad Street's anchor galleries is featured. Patrons will receive 12% off the price of each month's featured artwork. Come by Anne's Visual Art Studio during the next year of First Fridays to see if your favorite artist has been chosen!

Artists be seen at First Fridays! Wall space is now available. Applications $35. Details 804.644.1368
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Drawing and Painting Classes Thursday 7:00 - 8:30 pm or by Appointment
Let's Paint together! Custom designed for you, this class focuses on technique and the freedom of personal expression while furthering your awareness through discussion and critique.  Learn line, form, value and contour drawing in charcoal and graphite. Apply these skills to your finished painting while you master composition and color.  Paint from a still life, image provided or your own design.  Please bring your art materials.  A materials list, if needed, will be reviewed prior to the first day of class. FREE CLASS with purchase of 5 SESSIONS $125.
(1 ½ hours each) PER CLASS $25.   Bring a friend to a class additional $15! COUPLES or BFF class $35. 
Refer a friend who signs up for 5 classes, you get a class FREE!
 
Open 5 days a week for One Stop Shopping. Dress yourself or your Home in Style and Elegance! 
 Gallery Hours: Tuesday thru Friday, Noon until 6:00 pm, Saturday, Noon until 4:00 pm or by Appointment 

Black and White

photography

by

Anne    Hart     Chay 

DOWNTOWN POSTER

DESIGNED AND PRODUCED

BY ANNE HART CHAY

AND SUSAN LAMSON

Juried application includes expert Consultation and Advise, Hanging, Rotation in Gallery Storefront Window and inclusion in the press release, email invitation and on the postcard.  Gallery space is the Frank Hart Gallery located behind the Main Gallery. Walls are $50 - $100 a month (6 to up to 14 feet) plus 25% Commission. Limited Space is also available for pedestal pieces. Receive one month FREE when you sign up for 2 months!

For more info please call Anne 804.644.1368 or anne@visualartstudio.org 

Anne Hart Chay and daughter Sarah Alicia

DOWNTOWN AT ANOTHER TIME

BY PETER THAXTON

RIGHT UP, LEFT DOWN

BY PETER THAXTON

SEE YOU AT

FIRST FRIDAYS! 

 

THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH

 

Doors open at Noon

 

Klezmer, Yiddish and Gypsy Music graciously provided by

"My Son the Doctor"

 

ELANA & ROD HYNER IN CONCERT
in front of Anne's Visual Art Studio
GALLERY TALK WITH
JEAN GONZALEZ
ANNE'S ALLEY ANTIQUE AND FLEA MARKET

OUT OF THE SHADOWS BY CHRIS SEMTNER

PATCHWORK UNDONE BY SALLIE VALENTINE

REBIRTH BY PETER THAXTON
X MARKS THE SPOT BY THEODORA ANNE MERRY

PINK NECKLACE BY DENISE BELL

HEART BY TERRIE POWERS

BEADED NECKLACE BY CATHERINE BOND

KNOCKERS BY KRIS KRULL

BRACELET BY DENISE BELL

Anne's

TAKE THE TOUR 

AND SCROLL DOWN SLOWLY

WOMAN BY CHRIS SEMTNER

PAINTING UP FOR AUCTION BY CHRIS SEMTNER

on the auction block
Original Sin, female minimum bid $300. Artwork by Theodora Anne Merry, minimum bid $100 each! 
Suzanne Kraman Handcrafted Lamp minimum bid $95, Woman by Chris Semtner minimum bid $85,
Diane Ottem 6 Handmade Original Cards minimum bid only $20!
Mary Kay Makeover $10, Cosmetics $30, Miracle Cleanser Set $30, Compact $15!
12 Kung Fu Lessons minimum bid only $50! and more Insane deals, a fraction of their value!!!
 
Check out the listing on the home page www.visualartstudio.org of items/services donated for the auction. 
There's lots of great deals and gift ideas!  With the links and rotating images (check back from time to time), you don't even have to come by they gallery. Call in your bid or shoot me an email.
 
All money collected goes to Theodora Anne Merry and Susan Brown's cancer fight!
While you're visiting the gallery be sure to check out Reality, new photography by Peter Thaxton,
new abstract paintings by Sally Valentine, new fall landscapes Sheila Holland and really cool
lighted wall sculptures by Kris Krull before they're gone October 30th too!

HIBERNATING IN THE WINTER ... WE WILL SEE YOU IN THE SPRING!

COLORS GONE WILD BY SHEILA HOLLAND

LOTUS BY PETER THAXTON

THE WATCHERS II BY SALLY VALENTINE

FARM SHACK AT ELDERSBURG BY MATT COWAN

MORNING FROST GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN BY MATT COWAN

GOLDEN BROWN BY ROBERT FUGATE

 FEBRUARY MASTERPIECE OF THE MONTH:

  GOLDEN BROWN BY ROBERT FUGATE

March 5 – April 30, 2009

 


Main GalleryVisual Art Studio cordially invites you to the Richmond Premier and Opening Reception First Friday, March 5th from 7-10pm of Pamlico, Greg Lewis’ latest sculpture in 87,000 toothpicks. Lewis created Pamlico as his mermaid who stands watch over ship wrecks in Pamlico, the largest body of water on the East Coast, and carries the dead to the sea of souls at the bottom of the sea. His acclaimed mermaid, Hatteras, is in the permanent collection of Ripley’s Believe or Not in Orlando, Fl. and will be featured in the 2010 Ripley’s Big Book. Bosephus, Smoky Mountain Man, is in the permanent collection of the Gatlinburg, Tennessee Ripley’s Believe it or Not. Exhibition closes Friday April 30th. Lewis will also be available at the First Friday Reception April 2, 2010.


Frank Hart Memorial GalleryVisual Art Studio proudly opens Out of Shape, Out of Line, new acrylic paintings by Claudia Weisner-Combecher First Friday March 5th with reception from 7-10PM. Weisner-Combecher creates artwork on canvas and paper about line, shape and mostly bright colors. Inspired by Minimalism and Asian art, her layering of paint often with exposed sub-surfaces, reveals the creative process within. This is Weisner-Combecher's thesis exhibition for your Master of Interdisciplinary Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University May, 2010.  Out of Shape, Out of Line closes Friday March 26th.


BoutiqueVisual Art Studio is pleased to announce the release from comics creator and painter Dan Rhett of his new comics collection: CODEX DANIER. Sea monsters, snake monsters, great apes, and pirates populate three stories of humor and adventure. — Codex Danier (Paperback, 96 pp, 5½ x 8½, $3.00).

CODEX DANIER's seaside fantasies sort out relations between man, ape, monster, and mermaid. In the first story, a young historian looks to interview a local man about a pirate event, but instead is told sea creature yarns en-route to a rescue. The second follows an other-worldly visitor's attempt to win the affection of a murderous snake demon. And the final story chronicles the upheaval created by a pirate raid on a cargo ship loaded with zoo animals. Rhett's loose line art makes CODEX DANIER an expressive mix of cinema and doodle.

DAN RHETT of Chester, Virginia is a VCU fine arts graduate whose previous works include the card game HERO HOUSE and the comic collection DANZ COMIX DIGEST.

www.mazemountain.comCODEX DANIER is available at and at Visual Art Studio, 208 West Broad Street, Richmond, Va. 23220

www.mazemountain.cafe64.net/press/codexdanier_resources.html
www.mazemountain.cafe64.net/comicshi-res cover image and excerpt: lo-res public preview:

Forgotten Memories, new paintings by Chris Semtner continues through Friday March 26, 2010.

First Friday Reception March 5th opens with acoustic guitar and percussion graciously provided by Elana and Rod Hyner.

Light refreshments benefit Curated Culture, the nonprofit promoting First Fridays in the Historic Downtown Arts District.

Free & open to the public.

 

PAMLICO BY GREG LEWIS
HOPE BY CHRIS SEMTNER

March 5 – April 30, 2009

 

Main Gallery
Visual Art Studio cordially invites you to the Richmond Premier and Opening Reception First Friday, March 5th from 7-10pm of Pamlico, Greg Lewis’ latest sculpture in 87,000 toothpicks. Lewis created Pamlico as his mermaid who stands watch over ship wrecks in Pamlico, the largest body of water on the East Coast, and carries the dead to the sea of souls at the bottom of the sea. His acclaimed mermaid, Hatteras, is in the permanent collection of Ripley’s Believe or Not in Orlando, Fl. and will be featured in the 2010 Ripley’s Big Book. Bosephus, Smoky Mountain Man, is in the permanent collection of the Gatlinburg, Tennessee Ripley’s Believe it or Not. Exhibition closes Friday April 30th. Lewis will also be available at the First Friday Reception April 2, 2010.

Frank Hart Memorial Gallery
Visual Art Studio proudly opens Out of Shape, Out of Line, new acrylic paintings by Claudia Weisner-Combecher First Friday March 5th with reception from 7-10PM. Weisner-Combecher creates artwork on canvas and paper about line, shape and mostly bright colors. Inspired by Minimalism and Asian art, her layering of paint often with exposed sub-surfaces, reveals the creative process within. This is Weisner-Combecher's thesis exhibition for your Master of Interdisciplinary Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University May, 2010.  Out of Shape, Out of Line closes Friday March 26th.

Boutique
Visual Art Studio is pleased to announce the release from comics creator and painter Dan Rhett of his new comics collection: CODEX DANIER. Sea monsters, snake monsters, great apes, and pirates populate three stories of humor and adventure. — Codex Danier (Paperback, 96 pp, 5½ x 8½, $3.00).

CODEX DANIER's seaside fantasies sort out relations between man, ape, monster, and mermaid. In the first story, a young historian looks to interview a local man about a pirate event, but instead is told sea creature yarns en-route to a rescue. The second follows an other-worldly visitor's attempt to win the affection of a murderous snake demon. And the final story chronicles the upheaval created by a pirate raid on a cargo ship loaded with zoo animals. Rhett's loose line art makes CODEX DANIER an expressive mix of cinema and doodle.

DAN RHETT of Chester, Virginia is a VCU fine arts graduate whose previous works include the card game HERO HOUSE and the comic collection DANZ COMIX DIGEST.

CODEX DANIER is available at www.mazemountain.com and at Visual Art Studio, 208 West Broad Street, Richmond, Va. 23220

hi-res cover image and excerpt: www.mazemountain.cafe64.net/press/codexdanier_resources.html
lo-res public preview: www.mazemountain.cafe64.net/comics

Forgotten Memories, new paintings by Chris Semtner continues through Friday March 26, 2010.

First Friday Reception March 5th opens with acoustic guitar and percussion graciously provided by Elana and Rod Hyner.

Light refreshments benefit Curated Culture, the nonprofit promoting First Fridays in the Historic Downtown Arts District.

Free & open to the public.

 

HOPE BY CHRIS SEMTNER